i . . Str eami asm taw mjtmai suv s. tannr bm. ni 2 yawtr vv. NEW SERIES VOLXII BURLINGTON, VT., FRIDAY MOKNINOr, DECEMBER 521 1800 NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE I P o c 1 1' y The l'irtt Mow Kali. The snow bad begtra i SraW? And botfly all fc.'," . w hh . eHe JI whl,t- Bnrr fir aaJ kemkek, HvJe ermine too dear for an earl, a.ai! the poorest twig on the elm tret Was fringed inch deep with peati F-oni sheds new roofed with Carrara, Came Chanticleer's muffled crow. The stiff rails were softened to swan's .lowu Aod still flattered dowB the snow. I stood and watched by the fiiodow The noiseless work of the tkj, Aho" the Mtdiiefi aurriesof snow-flake. Like brown leave whirling by. I thought of astound in tweet Auburn, IfLtie a little head-stone t:od How lie flakes were folding it gently, Asdli robin the babes in the wood. Up spoke i ami little Mabel, having, "Father, who makes it sn f" And I told ber of the good A It-milter Who carts frr us all below. Ag 'n 1 looked at the snow-fall. And thought ot...

C. G. 4. li. I- HE.NEIJICT. EDITORS A3D rBnPRlETOCS. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 18GS. THE WEEKLY FREE 1'KBS The BCBUaCTos WkiKLr Free Pitts s is pub lislied every Friday morning, and contains tLe latest news) reports cf Boston markets and Cam ttridzs Cattle Market ; fallSUte, County and ocal ntcllljence ; well selected Miscellany, Jc, e v care an& outlay will bo sjiareJ to make It a re taUe, interestinc am. valuable family journal. Tlie circulation cf the Fbee Tress exceeds that of any paper In the reelon, and It Is. there fere, an unrl railed medium for advertisers We desire to give additional attention to the -til ncirs cf the various towns in this and adjolnins Counties, In uhlch our Weekly has a numerous cir culation, and shall esteem it a favor If our reader will forward us aar items of Interest. A pnoinlnients and Itcmuval. Tlic liill rcpoited from the Retrenchment Committee by Senator Kdmunds, on tlie sub. jeet tf presidential n pointuients and re inoyals.if one of great im...

THE BURLINGTON, Vt. FREE PRESS. FRIDAY MORlSriNfi-, PEPEMBER SI. 18G6 Heavt Bobbeht. Caleb Lyon, who baa been GoTcnior of Idaho, returned here this morning an J tavs that he was robbed in the sleeping car while coining from Philadelphia, of forty fbou itnd dollars, which he had drawn as Indian Agent, but had refuted to turn over to bis suc cessor. He ssys he had it in a money belt in greenbacks, but took it off and put it under bis head before hs went to sleep. In1 the mormrs hesavsit was gone U'athington Telegram, Dec.'lo. This Mr. Caltb Lyon, Ionieriy of Lvonsdalc, X. Y., a gentlemen of very lively imagination. Ho was a member of the Thirty-third Concrete, and tbe bio grapbic il r-tetcb uf him in LaninanV Diction arT ol Congress iiirnished. as we hate un- ilrslml mm rrv ln riltnuntV. AV Mr. Lyon ,W. -UH tll bo . i..s,.c of the LV.wwi.yW Venue., in 18. 1 , that the defire LL D. ., cnfcrred on biui hy tbe UniWfWtjr wont. Both uf ibrs statements ar- tklu- .. . j . .j llni. I eion- -M...

THE BURLINGTON, VT.FEEE PRESS. FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 28, 1866 i 1 I BffS OF THE WEEK BY TELEGRAPH. 1'aRIS, DM. 20. The Montteur in an editorial this morning thinks there isrodanbt that tuo relations between Italy and the Pope will bo placed on a round basis. Lisbon', Vcc 20. The iron-clad Jliantonoiaok accompanied by other vessels of the .Vracricin flct, ar rived at the Straits of Gibraltar on the 14th intt. Paris, Deo. 20. Le Tempt this mornins announces its un qiraiiEed belief that the Emperor Napoleon has received official intelligence of the obdi cation of the dulo Maximilian. New Orleans. Dec. 19. (j.Mionul Mexican intelligences states t there appears to bs ao concord oraction between Maximilian and Gen. Bazainc as the Utter lias is-ued a manifesto that since the Emperor lias determined to remain in -Mexico the French will only fight in caws they are attacked. Maximilian Mill ct Orizaba and it i ery improbable that he will take anT per manent tepa until the millions ol money ...

nil ITiTTVTl T 1 1 1 IT? VOL. XXXV. NEW SERIES VOLXII BURLINGTON . VT., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, I8G7 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN New Voir- A del res., 'an. 1st. 1C7. Kind friends, all bail ! A year has (ped is numbered now among the dead. Into bis shoes a new Tear trips. And claims a weloome Crass all Bps. But ere with joy we greet the New, We'll pa; the Old his tribute doe Win uuurn him truly, though we barrow The words in which we Tent oar ssraw. Yes, the year is growing old. And his eye is pale and bleared : Death, with frosty hand and coki. Flocks the old man by the beard Sorely ! sorely ' Through woods ani mountain passes The winds like anthem ralL They arr chanting solemn Basses : Singing. " Pray tor this poor soul, " Pray ! pray !" And 'he hooded clouds, like friars, Tel! their beads in drops of rain. And patter their doleful prayers ! Bui their prayers are all in rain : All in rain ! Ah, then, the Old Year dleth. And 'the forests utter a moan,' like the voice of one who crieth In...

foc 4m gjress. G. G. A. n. coitou Ann rwiins. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 4. 186". The Old Year nnd the New. The year whose no da uf life no patent on tbe einiilc are nearly e pent as wc write, bts been a jear ol mark. '1 t.c year in which Presiia became the first European tower.and Austria sank to a i-ccund rate ; the J ear of tbeliKratiun ol Venice; the jear of tie abandonment to their fate ol the Pope, and of Maximilian ; the jmr of the Atlan tic Cable ; the year when Andy swung round the circle, and when Congress first nevgnizrd in act, tbe great jrinciple of iiapait.nl eui frage ; the year, in our own State, when three Vnitcd State Senators were elected, and the year uf "the big fight in the Third District" there in no' danger that urtll jn, from tbe memory uf men. at Lome or abroad. What tic coining jear will bring, fr na tions and for individual-, hid frotu uiottal ken. Hut :f it is likely to be It eventful than il.c list, wc may hor thai " shall be a ycarol nen greater progress,...

THE BURLINGTON , Vt. FJREK PRESS. FRIDAY MORNING-, JANUARY 4.-, 1866 New Orljla.se, Dec. 27. Mexican news or the lst hi6 been re ceived. Maximilian in a circular fays he accetl thc-thronc, bein; aMured that it war? the 2atioml will. Civil war lie fays ncvertbclefs continued, which compelled him to incur great cipen?w. Subsequently the Empercr Napoleon announced tht be would tic would discontinue the aid lit) bad ?diusecJ. lie (Max.) was therefore obliged t withdraw bis troor, and bis opponents ecu pied a number of cilice thus abandoned. This encouraged then) tj lncreas their ef lorte to overthrow the government. Then came the action ol the I . S. towards secur ing a republican form ol government. j A.i allusion is iswle to the manifesto on j the subject of national cmgresri previously i.eucd. i VlCILiBCBC, Dec. 27. Strainer Kathion trading between here and New Orlcads. wa burned tbk cveing about 10 miles ashor j Iiaton Rouge, 2' lives were lost b it the Daises? of the sufferers are ...

THE BUELTNGTON, VT. FREE PRESS. FRIO AY MORNING JANUARY -1, 1867 Religious Intelligence. Revivals are in progress in Castlcton and West Canlcton, in tbe Jletbodiet and Bip titt churches. The Newport Eiprcss gives tic following account of the revival in Morgan : The revival intercut in Morcan and vicini ty ttill continues, and is constantly and largely increasing. Eipht jewons were baptized by immersion in late Seymour, on Thursday last, which all will remember as aa tbe coldest day ol the ectson thus far. We lcarj that forty more were to be baptized on Sunday last. Among thou; iinnitd on Thurrday, was a little buy, covin venr? old. The parents of the cluld were baptized sev oral uirt. itief.md the b iv w hi csrntnid a change ol heart was viry arjuoas to be hantiird at the Mnie time. lie was by all to wait a while; r-mil1rt Kim mi muffa. but the matter and be hecamc eo strenuous about it, that his parents n omwntrd. The main reaton be Kve Tor not waitins till Spring, ws hw Irelmg tha...

THE JBURTilNGTON, Vt, FREE PRESS. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1866 Religious Intelligence. Revivals re in prosress in many of tbe Baptist charcbee in tVindsorand Vt'indhim I Counties, and among tcocnt cocTcrciaas arc I numbered men of vide influence in their"! communities. A good degree of religious interest exists I in Hydepork. Seventeen were baptised at tlic last quarterly meeting of the 31. E. church. TLe Ecclesiastical Council Annuel! nt llraitlcboro' to mtv-idcr Rev. Dr. Tvler'a. rt- quttt tn v dUuiiitl Iroui bis pastorate. after due examination, decided tint no surhj eicnt cause existed lor a reparation fniM bis parish While tbe case of Rev. 0. W. Krufsenn of North Ilruokfitld was in the hand of the Royalton Association, a letter wo Hceited from Lim in which be mid : " I do not feel it right fur me to be bound to a creed, and from thi. time forth flinll nut mrwui-r mvirJi . . i i ,. . ... ' a a.CTKr o. me uojuium, .tttori. Association tbercuian declared him n lone- .... 6 cr ...

NUMBER TWENTY-NINE F e i v r Hue t'Hth thro the Snow. BY MISS HULOCn. Itare and ranshiny bright ml bleak ; Rounded cell a a dead maid's check : Folded white u a (ratter's thread. Or windering angel' rope of cloud Well I know, veil i know Over the field the path through the snow. Karr w and runch it lie between Waster where the wind (weeps, biting kfe-u ; Every step of the slippery ret 1 Marks where some wtarjr fist has trod ; W ho'll go, who'll no After the rest an the path through th: snow ! Thar whs wnuU tread it must wait :d.::r. Silent or i steadfast one hy one ; TVam t lu dearest can nlv saj. My .eart, I'll follow thee all the way. As we go. aa we ga. Each after each on this path through the anew.' It may be that under .hat western haze Lurks the omen of the bright Jays ; That each srntine! tree It quivering eep at its core with the r -f spring. And while we go, wbih e ge, ii icen cyass-Usdes pierce tnrnugh the glillor ingsnow, U may be the unkiiown path will lead Never to any ...

TI-IIS BUHLINGTON, VT. FREE PEESS. FRIDAY MORNING- JANUARY 18, 1867 I-attaze of the Nebiaf-ka ami Colorado " Mil!?. Tbe lloute on Tumbty and the Senate on Wednesday pawed tbe bill adaUtinp Nc bratka unci Colorado as States, with Mr. Uwtnell'rf ararndmentrtquiriog their Leg tehtures to declAre ly Mleai act that there -hail be no abridgment of elect ire franchise wi account of laor or color. S EWS OF THE WgSK I1Y TIILfcORAl'II. London. Jan. 9. It is denied that the difficulty between Turkey and Italy baa been settled. The latter demand full reparation. Losoox, Jan. 10. The Timts in a leading article this morn .tys The propt"d- impeachment of the President of the United State! bowa that a revolution is pissing ia the Union. It also points out the dangers which may follow so questionable a proceeding. The leaders of the rtiorni movement have decided nut to' make proposed demon- M ration on the ro''ing of J'arttament by the mtroauouon m- r. utaovja, out w, auopt me ..w-... u. F""" - ting...